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State hunters should take precautions against Triple-E

With a rare mosquito-transmitted virus documented in Pennsylvania this year, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is encouraging hunters and others who spend time outdoors to take precautions against mosquito bites and report to the agency any dead or strange-acting wild animals they believe to have been infected. Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has been documented in wildlife and livestock in Pennsylvania in recent weeks. It’s been found in two wild turkeys in Erie County, a wild deer in Luzerne County, captive pheasants in Monroe County, and horses in Carbon County. No human cases ...

Penn’s Park’s report released, Chapman Park meeting set

After two years of public input, the Penn’s Parks for All preliminary report has been released. The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources released the report, part of a strategic planning process, on Friday. “Thousands commented on what they like, dislike, and hope to see someday in their state parks,” DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn said. “This information shaped recommendations that will help in the creation of a strategic plan to ensure the Pennsylvania state park system remains as relevant and valuable to future generations as it has been to ...

Deer hunters can learn how to make hunting maps at the Deer Season Kick-Off Oct. 27

The Allegheny National Forest will have map specialists available at the Deer Season Kick-Off to help hunters learn how to make their own hunting maps. The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) is sponsoring this training for hunters. Map specialists will show hunters how to utilize the interactive mapping system of the Allegheny National Forest available to the public. This mapping presentation is one of the free presentations for deer hunters and conservationists starting at 12:30 p.m. in the University Room at the University of Pittsburgh-Bradford on Sunday, Oct. 27. Doors open ...

DMAP permits benefit hunters, help to fight CWD in PA

Permits that hunters can use to take additional antlerless deer within areas of Pennsylvania affected by Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) remain available, though permits for some locations nearly are sold out. When CWD is detected in Pennsylvania in captive or free-ranging deer, the Pennsylvania Game Commission includes the area surrounding the detection site within a Disease Management Area (DMA). And within those DMAs, the agency uses the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) to reduce CWD infection rates and increase disease surveillance. DMAP isn’t used within DMAs ...

Sportsmen’s Foundation talks ways to combat CWD

WASHINGTON, DC — The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation on Oct. 17 hosted Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus members, other federal policymakers, state agency representatives, leaders of both the wild deer community and deer farmers, and leaders of the broader sportsmen’s conservation community for a bipartisan Capitol Hill luncheon to discuss chronic wasting disease (CWD). CWD affects cervids such as deer and elk and has been detected in 26 states. The fatal neurological disease affects both farmed and free-ranging cervids and has no known vaccine or cure. CWD first was ...

A note…

...to the air of October 12 in the mid-afternoon. You are here. Finally. I forget that I miss you, that you fill me with gratitude. Carrying the scent of fading leaves, low sunshine, and the inaugural biting night of autumn, you wrap the season I’ve been waiting for into one inhalation. You ...